Thank you for this clarification,
s.
On Sat, Dec 8, 2018, 6:51 PM 甲斐徳本 <tokumotokai at gmail.com wrote:
> Those are the points not well understood commonly.
>> A patent application does two things. 1. Apply for an eventual granting
> of the patent, 2. Makes what's described in it a public knowledge as of the
> date of the filing.
> Patent may be functionally meaningless. There may be no one to sue. And
> these are huge issues for the point No.1. However, a strategic patent
> applicants file patent applications for the point No.2 to deny any
> possibility of somebody else obtaining a patent. (A public knowledge
> cannot be patented.)
>> Many companies are trying to figure out how to patent DCNN based AI, and
> Google may be saying "Nope, as long as it is like the DeepMind method, you
> can't patent it." Google is likely NOT saying "We are hoping to obtain
> the patent, and intend to enforce it."
>> Despite many differences in patent law from a country to another, two
> basic purposes of patent are universal: 1. To protect the inventor, and 2.
> To promote the use of inventions by making the details a public knowledge.
>>>>> On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 12:47 AM uurtamo <uurtamo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> What I'm saying is that the patent is functionally meaningless. Who is
>> there to sue?
>>>> Moreover, there is no enforceable patent on the broad class of algorithms
>> that could reproduce these results. No?
>>>> s.
>>>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 4:16 AM Jim O'Flaherty <jim.oflaherty.jr at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> Tysvm for the clarification, Tokumoto.
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018, 8:02 PM 甲斐徳本 <tokumotokai at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>> What's insane about it?
>>>> To me, what Jim O'Flaherty stated is common sense in the field of
>>>> patents, and any patent attorney would attest to that. If I may add, Jim's
>>>> last sentence should read "Google's patent application" instead of
>>>> "Google's patent". The difference is huge, and this may be in the heart of
>>>> the issue, which is not well understood by the general public.
>>>>>>>> In other words, thousands of patent applications are filed in the world
>>>> without any hope of the patent eventually being granted, to establish
>>>> "prior art" thereby protecting what's described in it from being patented
>>>> by somebody else.
>>>>>>>> Or, am I responding to a troll?
>>>>>>>> Tokumoto
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 10:01 AM uurtamo <uurtamo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> You're insane.
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018, 4:13 PM Jim O'Flaherty <
>>>>>jim.oflaherty.jr at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Remember, patents are a STRATEGIC mechanism as well as a legal
>>>>>> mechanism. As soon as a patent is publically filed (for example, as
>>>>>> utility, and following provisional), the text and claims in the patent
>>>>>> immediately become prior art globally as of the original filing date
>>>>>> REGARDLESS of whether the patent is eventually approved or rejected. IOW, a
>>>>>> patent filing is a mechanism to ensure no one else can make a similar claim
>>>>>> without risking this filing being used as a possible prior art refutation.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I know this only because it is a strategy option my company is using
>>>>>> in an entirely different unrelated domain. The patent filing is defensive
>>>>>> such that someone else cannot make a claim and take our inventions away
>>>>>> from us just because the coincidentally hit near our inventions.
>>>>>>>>>>>> So considering Google's past and their participation in the OIN, it
>>>>>> is very likely Google's patent is ensuring the ground all around this area
>>>>>> is sufficiently salted to stop anyone from attempting to exploit nearby
>>>>>> patent claims.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jim O'Flaherty
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 5:44 PM Erik van der Werf <
>>>>>>erikvanderwerf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 11:28 PM Rémi Coulom <remi.coulom at free.fr>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, the AlphaZero algorithm is patented:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>https://patentscope2.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2018215665>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So far it just looks like an application (and I don't think it will
>>>>>>> be be difficult to oppose, if you care about this)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Erik
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